The language of north-west England and south-west Scotland after the separation of this region from Wales by the English advance to Chester (in the 7th century).

The name of the language is derived from the name the people of this region gave to themselves - Cymri (Latin Cumbri), "fellow countrymen". The language would have been used by the three British kingdoms of Rheged, Strathclyde, and Gododdin.

Cumbric is presumed to have survived in the north-west of England and south-west Scotland until the eleventh or twelfth century. Direct evidence of Cumbric is limited to three words and a handful of personal names. Indirect evidence comes from place names and these tell us something about the Cumbric vocabulary.
The Three Cumbric Words
galnys blood-fine
mercheta daughter
cylch circuit